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    Cultural Genocide and Mass Devastation in World War One A Critical Review of Alan Kramer Dynamic of Destruction, Culture and Mass killing in the First World War Kramer, Alan. Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-19-280342-9 Dynamic of Destruction is a secondary source written by Alan Kramer which analyses European cultures during the First World War. The book primarily focuses on cultural genocide,…

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    Introduction The event of 9/11 changed the way people viewed terrorism from 'an issue over there ' to the sudden realization that terrorist organizations now have the ability to attack globally and are no longer restricted to their region. Although national terrorism is not a new phenomenon given the Munich Olympic incident (Miller 1990, p.12) and several embassy bombings in the decade leading up to 9/11(Hoffman, 2002, p.305), it did directly lead to what we now call the Bush Doctrine. In short…

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    Nuclear weapons were introduced into the world in 1945 ending the WW2. The main purpose of them was guised to “protect” the people of the world when it was truly created for another reason. We know what nuclear weapons can do, it has both short term effects and long term effects and also highly destructive, yet we still construct more of them. In total, there are about 23 000 nuclear weapons in the world (Walker, Countdown to Zero). Clearly, that is way too much weapons that cause mass…

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    Nuclear weapons were introduced into the world in 1945 ending the WW2. They were made to “protect” innocent people of the world, however, it ended up hurting and threatening them. We know what nuclear weapons can do, it has both short term effects and long term effects, but yet we still construct more and more of them. In total, there are about 23 000 nuclear weapons in the world with Russia and the United States owning most of them (Walker, Countdown to Zero). Clearly, that is way too much…

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    what was considered at the time to be, “solid intelligence” about Iraq and their ability to obtain nuclear weapons. History has now proven the intelligence was factually incorrect and the invasion of Iraq was an intelligence failure of epic proportions.…

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    hiding. There are very little group’s or residence that still remain. The second objective was to put an end to the idea of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The military responsibility in the mission was to eliminate the weapons from the controls of any Iraqi regime so they could be found and destroyed so there wouldn’t be any opportunity for a bombing or destruction. Sources say that this objective has been met while in the process of removing the regime from Hussein. The third mission was…

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    obtaining weapons of mass destruction by terrorists. Which weapons are more easily obtained? Which weapons are less easily obtained? How would they be obtained in the first place? Explain your answer. The weapon I would consider a weapon of mass destruction by terrorist is explosives. There is several different ways to make up explosives for a terrorist attack. Explosive are easily obtained on the internet. At one time the suicide bomber was very popular terrorist event. The weapons of mass…

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    an extremist terrorist group, rather than a nation-state, could trigger the first nuclear war in history. This, however, is not recent news, with violent extremist organizations, such as al-Qaida, having voiced their interest in utilizing nuclear weapons against western states for well over a decade. Although this potential threat is not from a nuclear-armed state, the risk of a catastrophic nuclear attack seems to increase with each passing day. Scholars, politicians, and most importantly,…

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    The sublimation of the assault weapons that were given out could cause both crime and tax would increase and new laws will be enforced. Noticing that assault rifles are not even required to use while hunting, the government already gives out shotguns and pistols. It’s not the gun, but the person who pulls the trigger, but some people want to give that irresponsible individual a weapon of mass destruction. The creation of an assault rifle caused the flow of war to change, think of what…

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    Deterrence: A Justification for a world with Weapons of Mass Destruction Most people in the developed countries believe that the inclusion of nuclear deterrence to the security of their country is vital to world peace. Nuclear deterrence are a philosophical theory which states that nuclear weapons serve the purpose of discouraging opposition countries from attacking with their own nuclear weapons due to the undertaking of retaliation via mutually assured destruction. But, is there any validity…

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